Mid-Kent Open Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1881 (1881)
Abolished1927 (1927)
LocationMaidstone, Kent, England
VenueMaidstone Athletic Ground
SurfaceGrass

The Mid-Kent Open Championships[1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1881, as a men only event called the Maidstone Lawn Tennis Tournament.[2] The first staging of this event was at the Maidstone Athletic Ground, Sandling Place, Maidstone, Kent, England before it was discontinued after only one season. In 1894 a new Maidstone Open lawn tennis tournament was revived that featured the Mid-Kent Championships, this event ran until 1927.

History

In 1881 a Maidstone Lawn Tennis Tournament was first staged at the Maidstone, Athletic Ground, Maidstone, Kent, England. The first winner of the men's singles was Britain's Richard Mercer. In 1894 a Maidstone Open tournament was revived, that featured the Mid-Kent Championships that was sanctioned by the Lawn Tennis Association.[3] The championship and ran until 1927.[4]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll) included:[5]

Year Winner Runner-up Score
Maidstone Tournament
1881United Kingdom Richard MercerEngland Mr. Stitedw.o.[5]
1883United Kingdom Randall Mercer (2)United Kingdom Harold Sweetenham6–3, 6–5, 6–4
Mid-Kent Championships
1897England Hugh MarleyUnited Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen6-4, 6–2, 2–6, 1–6, 6-3[5]
1900United Kingdom Roy AllenUnited Kingdom Reginald Arthur Gamble6-4, 6–2, 6-1[5]
1904United Kingdom Roy Allen (2)United Kingdom George Lawrence Orme6-2 6-4[5]
1905New Zealand Harry Alabaster ParkerUnited Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allenw.o.[5]
1906United Kingdom Edward Lyell BristowUnited Kingdom Ernest Taylor Annett6-4, 6–0, 7-5[5]
1907United Kingdom Alfred Ernest BeamishUnited Kingdom Roy Allen6-3, 4–6, 8-6[5]
1908Germany Otto FroitzheimCanada Robert Powell4-6, 6–1, 6-4[5]
1909United Kingdom Alfred Ernest Beamish (2)United Kingdom Ernest Taylor Annett6-2, 6-2[5]
1910United Kingdom Alfred Ernest Beamish (3)United Kingdom Allan Campbell Pearson6-1, 6-1[5]
1915/1918Not held (due to world war one)
Mid-Kent Open Championships
1919United Kingdom John Cecil MastermanUnited Kingdom G.N. Thompson2-6, 6-0, 7-5[5]
1920United Kingdom Lawrence Francis DavinUnited Kingdom John Cecil Masterman6-3, 1-6, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4[5]
1925.[1]United Kingdom Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken??
1926.[6]United Kingdom Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken (2)United Kingdom Guy Oscar Jameson[7]6-4, 6-1, 6-1.

Womens Singles

Incomplete Roll
Year Winner Runner-up Score
Mid-Kent Championships
1895United Kingdom Nora HreenEngland Mrs Blackett7-5, 5-3 retired
1897England M. StonhamEngland Miss Rennick6-1, 6-2
1898England Hilda LaneEngland M. Stonham3-6, 7-5, 6-2
1899England Hilda Lane (2)England Alice Greene6-4, 7-5
1900England Hilda Lane (3)England Connie Wilson9-7, 6-3
1901England Connie WilsonEngland Alice Greene6-4, 6-3
1902United Kingdom Edith Jane BromfieldUnited Kingdom Mildred Coles4-6, 6-4, 6-3
1903United Kingdom Mildred ColesUnited Kingdom Miss Tootell7-5, 6-3
1904United Kingdom Mildred Coles (2)United Kingdom Mabel Bramwell Squire4-6, 4-0 retired.
1905United Kingdom Miss TootellUnited Kingdom Mildred Coles1-6, 6-1, 6-4
1906United Kingdom Ruth Pennington-Legh WinchEngland Hilda Lane6-3, 6-0
1907United Kingdom Agnes MortonUnited States Helen Harper6-0, 6-0
1908United Kingdom Agnes Morton (2)England E.L. Bosworth6-1, 6-1
1909United Kingdom Rosamund SalusburyUnited Kingdom Geraldine Ramsey6-4, 6-3
1910United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury (2)United States Helen Harper2-6, 6-0, 6-0
1911United Kingdom Mildred Coles (3)Australia Orea Moustaka Beatty5-7, 6-1, 6-3
1912United Kingdom Vera SpofforthUnited Kingdom Mrs A.A. Hall7-5. 6-4
1913United Kingdom Phyllis Carr SatterthwaiteUnited Kingdom Norah Lattey6-0, 6-0
1914United Kingdom Mildred Coles (4)Australia Orea Moustaka Beattyw.o.
1915/1918Not held (due to world war one)
Mid-Kent Open Championships
1919United Kingdom Madeline Fisher O'NeillUnited Kingdom Lavinia Radeglia6-8, 7–5, 6-4
1920United Kingdom Lucy Scott HarkerUnited Kingdom M. Towler7-5, 8-6
1921United Kingdom Miss BelchamberUnited Kingdom M. Scott?
1922United Kingdom L. TollerUnited Kingdom M. Scott6-3, 8-6
1923United Kingdom Winifred MacClellanUnited Kingdom D. Keaysdef
1924United Kingdom Phoebe HolcroftUnited Kingdom Mrs Wilkin6-3, 6-1
1926United Kingdom Ruth Foulger LandaleUnited Kingdom Madie Pearson6-1, 6-2
1927United Kingdom Cecily Hartley MarriottUnited Kingdom Mrs E.M. MacLeod6-4, 6-3

References

  1. 1 2 "MAIDSTONE TOURNAMENT. In the lawn tennis tournament at Maidstone. the Mid-Ken Open Championships was won by the Rev. Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken the holder of the Cup. who beat Guy Oscar Jameson, 6-4. 6-1. 6-1. while the ladies' singles championship was won by Ruth Foulger Landale" (Subscription). Reynolds's Newspaper. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 4 July 1926. p. 22. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. "MAIDSTONE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The Maidstone Lawn Tennis Tournament took place at Sandling Place Place, Maidstone yesterday" (Subscription). The Field. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 3 September 1881. p. 36. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. "Advertisements: MAIDSTONE OPEN LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT MID KENT CHAMPIONSHIPS SANCTIONED BY THE LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION. THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THE MAIDSTONE ATHLETIC GROUND" (Subscription). The Bystander. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 22 June 1910. p. 68. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  4. Reynolds's Newspaper
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Tournament – Mid-Kent Championships - Maidstone". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  6. Reynolds's Newspaper. British Newspaper Archive. 4 July 1926. p.22.
  7. "Brig Oscar Jameson (Daily Telegraph, 6th April 1989)" (PDF). Standford, United States: Stanford University. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
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